Fact Sheet for 2026

General Information

Office Location 7995 W. Quincy Avenue Littleton, CO 80123
Hours of Operation 8:00am – 4:30pm Monday thru Friday
Phone/Fax 303-985-7895 / 303-988-7291
Number of Employees 10 full time
Engineer Consultant Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Greg Sekera – 303-985-3636
Legal Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor, & Pascoe
[email protected]
303-623-2700
Website www.lakehurstwater.org
Established District formed on September 7, 1962 as a Master Meter contract to Denver Water
District Size Encompasses approximately 3,664 acres or 5.7 square miles
Total population estimate 12,000

Budget 2025 (Adopted/ Estimated)

Water Revenue – $6,306,560
Water Expenditures – $5,791,928
Water Capital Replacement Expenditures – $1,485,000
Sewer Revenue – $3,321,360
Sewer Expenditures – $2,599,420
Sewer Capital Replacement Expenditures – $511,800

Board of Directors

Mike Cochran
President

Siji Abraham
Vice President

Keith Francis
Secretary

Gail Sevier
Treasurer

Cody Neyens
Assistant Secretary

Water System

2026 Water Rate – $6.22/1,000 gallons
2026 Base Rate – $12.72/month/SFE*
Water System Development – $4,000 per ¾" SFE Charge (SDC)
Owns, operates, and maintains approximately 87 miles of water pipe (4"- 24")
Average, monthly residential water use – 6,832 gallons
Average, annual residential water use – 81,987 gallons
Water sold in 2025 – 769,000,000 gallons (2,360 acre feet)
Gallons of water purchased in 2025 – 836,000,000 gallons (2,566 acre feet)
Master Meter Connections to Denver system – 18
Water valves in system – 1,595
Fire hydrants in system – 744
Blow-offs in system – 196
Largest user (customer) and gallons sold in 2025 – FCI (Federal Prison) 42,065,000 (129 acre feet)

*SFE – Single Family Equivalent – “a unit of measurement used to determine the capacity of water service required for a single family household”

Acre Foot – 325,851 gallons, enough water to cover one acre of surface area to a depth of one foot.

Sewer System

2026 Sewer Rate – $24.40/month/SFE*
Sewer System Development Charge (SDC) – $2,000 per SFE
Owns, operates, and maintains approximately 72 miles of sewer pipe (8 - 30")
There are approximately 1,897 manholes
Entire system is televised every four years and cleaned as needed.

Customer Accounts

Residential Water Customers – 5,485
Residential, Sewer Only, Customers – 95 residential*, 7 commercial
Commercial Customers – 141
Irrigation only accounts – 52
Multi-Family accounts – 162
Average Residential Monthly Bill (summer) – $81.06
Average Residential Monthly Bill (winter) – $52.35

*Sewer only accounts include Lochmoor (58)

District Boundary Map

Lakehurst District Map